of the United States. 81 



Bay-hreasted Warbler, Sylvia castanea, Wils. Am. Orn* 

 ii. p. 97. pi. 14. jig. 4. 



Inhabits the United States in summer ; in Pennsylvania a 

 few days only in spring and autumn: rare. 



115. Sylvia striata. Lath. Crown black; cheeks and be- 

 neath white ; wings bifasciate with white, and with the tail 

 blackish ; three lateral tail feathers marked internally with 

 white. 



Female and young dull yellow-olive, streaked with black 

 and slate ; beneath white ; cheeks and sides of the breast 

 tinged with yellow. 



Black-poll Warbler, Sylvia striata, Wils. Am. Orn. iv. 

 p. 40. pi. 30. Jig. 3. male ; andvi.p. \o\. pi. 5^-fig- 4. female. 



Inhabits the United States during summer : rather common. 



116. Sylvia v aria, Lath. Varied with black and white; 

 crown striped with black ; belly pure white. 



Male, throat black. 



Female and young, throat greyish-white. 



Black and white Creeper, Certhia maculata, Wils. Am. 

 Orn. Hi. p. 23. pi. 19. fig. 3. 



Inhabits the United States during summer : common. 



Forms an immediate link (without Troglodytes) with 

 Certhia, of which it has some of the characters, and all the 

 habits. The genus Mniotilta of Vieillot is formed for its re- 

 ception. 



117. Sylvia rmus, Lath. Olive-green; beneath yellow ; vent 

 white ; wings bifasciate with white, and with the tail, brown ; 

 three lateral tail feathers with a broad white spot near the 

 tip ;. lores not black. 



Female brown, tinged with olive-green on the back ; 

 beneath pale yellowish. 



Pine creeping Warbler, Sylvia pinus, Wils. Am. Orn. Hi. 

 p. 25. pi. 19. fig. 4. 



Inhabits pine woods of the southern states, common, resi- 

 dent ; and New Jersey in summer, rare. 



